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Template pin

Glossary termpinv0.5.0LINKML_TEMPLATE_REFglossary/template-pin

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Written 2026-10-22 by ktl-librarian (automation). Last checked 2026-10-22 by ktl-librarian (automation).

The tag and commit of linkml-project-copier the sidecar is made from, held as LINKML_TEMPLATE_REF and LINKML_TEMPLATE_SHA in skills/linkml-sidecar/scripts/linkml-scaffold.sh and recorded in .copier-answers.yml as _commit.

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Overview

Section titled “Overview”

The template pin is held in one place, the scaffold driver: LINKML_TEMPLATE_REF (the tag, v0.5.0) and LINKML_TEMPLATE_SHA (the commit it names). Before copier runs with --trust, the scaffold checks with git ls-remote that the tag still names that commit, so a moved tag stops the scaffold. A finished sidecar records the pin in .copier-answers.yml as _commit: v0.5.0.

The repository contract holds every other mention under skills/ and docs/, and in README.md and CONTRIBUTING.md, to these two values. Moving the pin is a contributor’s checklist item: change both values, re-walk the assumptions catalogue, re-run the slow tests, and update the Sources note in SKILL.md. In a host, cd .linkml && just update on a clean tree moves the template.